Greenfaulds railway station explained

Greenfaulds
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhuaile Ghlas[1]
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Greenfaulds, North Lanarkshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.9349°N -3.9937°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:GRL
Transit Authority:SPT
Years:15 May 1989
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Greenfaulds railway station serves the Greenfaulds area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is also within walking distance of the Lenziemill industrial estate, the Luggie Water and the Blairlinn industrial estate. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located NaNmiles north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) on the Cumbernauld Line and is 11miles north of Motherwell railway station on the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line.

History

The station was opened on 15 May 1989 by British Rail with financial backing from what was then the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive. It was on a new site (though the line that serves it is considerably older) and was built as part of the plan to upgrade the Queen Street to Cumbernauld line. The Motherwell service began calling here when it was inaugurated in May 1996.

Open access operator Grand Union Trains plans to use the station on a Stirling to London Euston service to begin in 2025.[2]

Services

2017

The typical service Monday-Saturday is:

On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction to Cumbernauld and only.

There are also two large park and ride car parks at the station with both being behind the station.

2018/19

From December 2018, a new half hourly Glasgow - Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston service will start, replacing the hourly DMU service and take over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The new service will use new Class 385 EMUs. The service between Cumbernauld and Dalmuir via Motherwell and Glasgow Central will continue to operate with existing stock.

The typical Monday - Saturday service will be:

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brailsford . Martyn . Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man . 6th . December 2017 . 1987 . Trackmaps . Frome . 978-0-9549866-9-8 . Gaelic/English Station Index .
  2. Web site: 2023-03-20 . Grand Union optimistic of approval for spacious new Stirling-London train service on west coast main line . 2023-05-15 . The Scotsman . en.